Vending-machine.



F. O. RAST.

VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 2. 1915.

m msa, Patented NOV. 21, 1916.

STATFS PATENT FFTQE.

FELIX Q. EAST, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO W. BURTON FOO'IE, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

VENDING-MACHINE.

Application filed October 2, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, FELIX Q. .Rns'r, resldmg at New York city, in the county of New York and State of New York, have invented said, or refusing the acceptance of the coin without the delivery of value therefor to the purchaser.

The device is used in combination with a coin receiving and merchandise actuating member which is free at all times for rocking movement, and it is therefore desired that it be understood that an essential fea ture of the invention resides in the provision of an arresting means which will be instantly rendered active and operative for the tempo- 'ary receipt of the coin should the purchaser operate or partially operate the merchandise delivering mechanism before the proper time.

Another object of the invention resides in the provision of a coin arresting mechanism for vending machines, which may be associated with th merchandise or with the coin receiver, and operatively made responsive to actions of the receiver.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of a coin arresting mechanism which is of a design, whereby it may be arranged in a comparatively compact manner with the coin receiver and the whole made to occupy a very small compass in the vending receptacle.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a coin arrester which will consist of a single strip of relatively resilient material which is normally projected beyond the path of the coin and which through the inherent character of the metal will be instantly and automatically advanced to a coin arresting position on movement of the coin receiving device.

Other .obj ects will appear and be better understood from that embodiment of my invention of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accom- Speeification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 21, 1916;

Serial No. 53,787.

panying drawing, forming part hereof, in which Figure 1 is a front elevation of a portion of a vending machine showing the coin collector and coin arrester associated with each other for the active receipt of the coin. Fig. 2 is a vertical section on the line 22 of Fig. 1 showing parts in full lines. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2 showing the coin arrester adjusted to an active coin supporting and receiving position on movement of the coin receiver to a discharge position. Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the coin arrester.

As the coin actuating mechanism and the coin arrester may be used in connection with any type of vending casing or merchandise container, a detail explanation of the container will not be attempted, and merely for the purpose of proper illustration and application ofv my present improvements it is described that the vending receptacle or merchandise container 1 conventionally illus trated herein, is provided with a coin receiving mechanism 2 and a coin arrester 3.

The wall 4; of the receptacle 1 is provided with coin chutes 5--5 which are respectively arranged at the back of a merchandise carrying frame 6 having the usual guides 7 to slidably receive and properly accommodate packages 8 of merchandise. These guides are located in spaced relation to base flanges S) which latter form supports for a pile or stack of packages as clearly illustrated in Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing. By spacing the lower ends of the flanges 7 from the base flanges 9, the packages 8 are adapted for single forward delivery. At this station it is desired that it be mentioned that the coin chutes 5 are extended to points slightly below the base of the frame 6, and the wall A is gradually of an increased thickness as at 10, in the direction of the discharged ends of the coin chutes.

The coin receiving mechanism 2 consists of a rocking body having trunnions 11 which find bearings in the sides of the container 1. The coin-receiver is adapted to oscillate with relation to the discharge ends of the coin chutes 5 and on reference to Figs. 1 and 2, it is seen that the base or lower por tion of the wall A of the container is offset from the portions 10 of the chute and that the coin receiver is thereby normally disposed directly in the discharge path of the coin so as to operatively permit the coin to be partly projected thereinto, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The coin receiver is of a character which will permit the packages of merchandise to be discharged from the machine through direct contact with the coin on the delivery of the latter to the money drawer. Therefore, the coin receiver, best,

- consists of receiving recesses 12 for the coin which are disposed directly under the chutes 5 and these recesses are preferably defined by forming integral lugs 13 upon the body of the coin receiver. At points 14. upon the coin receiver, are ejecting fingers 15 which are gravitationally operated to cause the coin to be elevated on moving the coin receiver to a mechandise delivering position. On reference to Fig. 2 of the drawings it will be seen that if the coin receiver is moved in the direction of the arrow a the coin will be slightly elevated in its receiving recess 12 and at a point suitably defined the coin may be deposited in a receiving drawer, not shown. The defined movement of the coin receiver is had through providing one side of the container 1 with a lug 16 which is disposed in the path of downward movement of an actuating lever 17. The movement of the coin receiver to an active coin receiving position is limited by a similar lug -18 disposed in the path of upward movement of the lever. By defining the movement of the coin receiver it will also be seen that avery accurate means is employed for causing the coin receiving recesses to be actively positioned under the coin chutes 5, as will be understood. A spring 19 is connected between the wall 4: of the container 1 and the coin receiver so as to hold the same normally in an operative position for the receipt of the coin.

The principal novelty of the invention disclosed herein resides in a mechanism or means which will positively arrest the coin if the lever 17 is turned by the operator in advance of the complete deposit of the coin in the machine and in order to accomplish this purpose provision is made of a metallic strip 20 formed preferably of material having certain inherent qualities, so that, normally, the strip will occupy the position shown in Fig. 4, and yet be capable of moving respectively to active and inactive positions directly through movements and the influence of the coin receiver. The strip 20 is secured at 21 to the wall 4: of the container 1v and the extreme ends thereof come to the medial points of the coin chutes 5 at the bases thereof. The extreme ends are upstruck to form coin supporting lugs or ledges 22 which normally occupy positions under the shoulder 23, which latter is produced through the fact that the base of the wall 1 is offset, as previously described, and as is found to be clearly illustrated in Figs. 2 and 3. The coin receiving body is provided with knocking or actuating surfaces 24 which are adapted to come in contact with angularly disposed co-acting surfaces 25 upon the free ends of the coin arrester.

From the above description it follows that under the action of the spring 19 the coin receiving mechanism is held in the active coin receiving position shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and that incident to the co-acting of the surfaces 24 and 25 respectively on the coin receiver and the arrester the latter will be maintained in the inactive position shown advantageously in Fig. 2. It further follows that when the coin receiver is moved against the normal action of the spring 19 the receiver will be either wholly or partially released from the surfaces 25 and then, as a consequence of the inherent resiliency of the strip 20, the receiving ledges or lugs 22 will be projected directly into the receiving path of the coin, as shown in Fig. 3. In this manner it is evident that should the operator inadvertently or accidentally move the coin receiving mechanism in a discharge direction before the coin has been fully deposited, the coin will be made to rest temporarily upon the lug 22. In this manner the coin receiver may be turned back to its initial or original position and in so doing the coin arrester will be immediately returned to the inactive position shown in Fig. 2, and the coin then deposited in the receiving recess in the coin receiver.

lVhat is claimed as new is:

A vending machine having a wall provided with a coin chute and having a shoulder at the lower end of the chute, a coin re- .ceiver movably mounted below the shoulder, a resilient coin reta-rder interposed between the shoulder and the coin receiver, and attached to the wall at a point beyond the side of the chute and disposed transversely under the chute, said coin receiver adapted to engage the coin retarder and hold the same under the shoulder and the free end of the retarder being adapted to engage the wall of the machine and hold the coin receiver in position to receive a coin from the chute.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

FELIX Q. RAST. lVitnesses:

M. E. LAUGHLIN, GEO. A. BYRNE.

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